Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Lot 29From a Private American Collection

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Senju in Musashi Province

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Senju in Musashi Province
Senju in Musashi Province (Bushu Senju), from the series the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Woodblock print, signed Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1830-31
Horizontal oban (25.7 x 38.3cm.)

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A traveller stops for a moment at Senju, a northern suburb of Edo, to take in the view of Mount Fuji. His horse recoils from a crab pinching at its head whilst two anglers cast their lines in the foreground to the left.

For another impression of the same design in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/56390